. The precious ridiculous. Comedy in one act . ic. It is these special qualities which, combinedwith pxirity and greatest power, in a voice makes the greatest singer, and which, in aninstrument, make it the superior of its competitors. Purity, power, and duration are but coldexponents of mechanical excellence. Add to these qualities—as the judges say are containedin the Weber—sympathy and richness of tone, and you breathe into it warmth and life,and you have the ne plus ultra of a piano. This Weber has done at the Centennial; and when the judges commend his instruments alsofor their solidity o
. The precious ridiculous. Comedy in one act . ic. It is these special qualities which, combinedwith pxirity and greatest power, in a voice makes the greatest singer, and which, in aninstrument, make it the superior of its competitors. Purity, power, and duration are but coldexponents of mechanical excellence. Add to these qualities—as the judges say are containedin the Weber—sympathy and richness of tone, and you breathe into it warmth and life,and you have the ne plus ultra of a piano. This Weber has done at the Centennial; and when the judges commend his instruments alsofor their solidity of construction and excellence of workmanship, they tell the public that the Weber1 piaqo \$ fslje Begts in flje Worid! WORKROOMS : NEW YORK—Fifth Avenue, corner Sixteenth —Weber Music Hall. THE PRECIOUS RIDICULOUS. COMEDY IN ONE ACT. BY IDIE MOLIEBE. t * CAST OF CHARACTERS. LA GBANGE. DU CKOIST. GOEGIBUS. MAEQUIS DE MASCAEILLE VISCOUNT DE JODELET. ALMANZOE. Violinists, Pobtees. MADELON. CATHOS. MAEOTTE. CEUMENE. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by F. Bullman, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. PUBLISHED BY K. RULLMAN,AT THE THEATRE TICKET OFFICE, No. in BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 79 LE3 PRECIEUSES RIDICULES. SCENE Grange, du Croisy, Du Croisy. Seigneur La La Grange. Quoi? Du Croisy. Eegardez-moi un peu sans me. La Grange. He bien ! Du Croisy. Que dites-vous de notre visite ?En etes-vous fort satisfait ? La Grange. A votre avis, avons-nous sujet deletre tous deux ? Du Croisy. Pas tout, a, fait a dire vrai. La Grange. Pour moi, je vous avoue que jensuis tout scandalise. A-t-on jamais vu, dites-moi, deux pecques provinciales faire plus lesrencheries que celles la, et deux hommes traitesavec plus de mepris que nous. A peine ont-ellespu se resoudre a nous faire donner des nai jamais vu tant parler a loreille quellesont fait entre elles, tant b&iller, tant se f rotter lesyeux, et de
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